'Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt' actors discuss one thing that makes no sense about the new season

Titus Burgess "lemonading" in season three of
"Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt."Netflix

Warning: There are some spoilers ahead for "Unbreakable
Kimmy Schmidt" season three.

Season three of "Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt" is here and you can
finally watch Tituss Burgess perform his full-out "Lemonade"
homage in all its dramatic glory.

But while speaking with Ellie Kemper and Titus Burgess
recently ahead of the season three premiere, Kemper pointed
out something we didn't consider: How did Titus see
Beyoncé's visual album which premiered on HBO in April
2016?

"It's so interesting to me that Titus Andromedon has seen
'Lemonade,'" Kemper told INSIDER. "Do you know what I mean? He's
so hip to have seen that. It just occurred to me as you're
talking."

"Where would he have seen it? We don't have cable!" said Burgess
while laughing. "At Mikey's? Maybe he saw it at Mikey's."

Mikey (Mike Carlsen) is Titus's boyfriend from season
two. But, then Burgess figured that wasn't possible
because he was on a cruise at the end of season two.

Mikey, with Titus, in episode two of the new season
after the two hit a rough patch.Netflix

"Where did he see it? No one knows," said Burgess.

I asked whether someone may have had it on during the cruise. The
two determined that very well could have been the case.

"Maybe someone had it on the cruise," she said.

Listening to Burgess and Kemper's dynamic as they playfully go
back and forth is really something that needs to be heard.
You can listen to the portion of our interview below:

The "Lemonade" homage occurs in episode two — appropriately
titled "Kimmy's Roommate Lemonades!" — shortly after Titus has a
falling out with his boyfriend, Mikey.

And, whatever you do, don't call Titus' "Lemonade" homage a
parody.

"I don't want to say that they're parodied. I want to say that
they're borrowed because parody undermines why it's there," says
Burgess. He explained they're there as a way for his
character to rid of his demons.

Titus after his breakup
with Mikey.Netflix

"It is a testament to just how deep a well of emotion there
is or capacity for emotion that there is for Titus to fill.
On a very surface level of watching [the show], he's
pixie dust and yellows and brights. You could write it
off as just being kind of flashy just for the sake of being
flashy," says Burgess of his character. "I would dare say
'Lemonade' offers a glimpse into how Kimmy has changed Titus
because it forced him to start to care about someone else, in
Mikey, enough that it hurt him enough that he would go through
such an extreme display of emotion à la 'Lemonade' to show the
profound effect that it had on him."

Titus goes through a range of emotions in his
"Lemonade" homage.Netflix

"And of course, I'm obsessed with Beyoncé so it was lovely
to be able to tip the hat and say, 'We love you,' and Tina's a
big Beyoncé fan as well," he added. "But inside the episode,
it has a huge dramatic purpose and the lyrics are both funny and
sad simultaneously. I was pleased that they [writers] were able
to take that and spread it out and help Titus deal with
Mikey in such a real way using a huge pop culture reference."